اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ
Read in the name of your Lord Who created,
Clot · al-'Alaq · سورة العلق · 19 ayahs
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful.
خَلَقَ الْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ
created man from a clinging clot.
اقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الْأَكْرَمُ
Read, and your Lord is the Most Generous,
الَّذِي عَلَّمَ بِالْقَلَمِ
Who taught by the pen,
عَلَّمَ الْإِنْسَانَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ
taught man what he did not know.
كَلَّا إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ لَيَطْغَىٰ
Indeed, man transgresses
أَنْ رَآهُ اسْتَغْنَىٰ
when he deems himself to be self-sufficient.
إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ الرُّجْعَىٰ
Indeed, to your Lord is the return.
أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي يَنْهَىٰ
Have you seen the one who prevents
عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰ
a slave [of Allah] from praying?
أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَانَ عَلَى الْهُدَىٰ
What if this [slave] is rightly guided,
أَوْ أَمَرَ بِالتَّقْوَىٰ
and enjoins righteousness?
أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
How about the one who denies and turns away?
أَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَرَىٰ
Does he not know that Allah sees all?
كَلَّا لَئِنْ لَمْ يَنْتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًا بِالنَّاصِيَةِ
No indeed; if he does not desist, We will surely drag him by the forelock
نَاصِيَةٍ كَاذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ
a lying, sinful forelock.
فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُ
So let him call his associates;
سَنَدْعُ الزَّبَانِيَةَ
We will call the wardens of Hellfire.
كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَاسْجُدْ وَاقْتَرِبْ ۩
No indeed; do not obey him, but prostrate and draw near [to Allah].